Dr. Bailey Baker

Communication & Theatre Department

Kean University, Union, NJ 07083 Ph: (908) 527-2291/2349 Office: Vaughn Eames 414 Office Hours: Tuesday 4:00 - 5:00 P.M., Wednesday 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. by appointment, or drop in

E-mail:

bbaker@turbo.kean.edu

My Pedagogic Idea:

These syllabi will soon be available online:

My idea of teaching is exercised by a singular proposition and two questions. The proposition is that I cannot teach a student anything that the student does not already know. And the questions are: (1) What intellectual passions (in students) does this course evoke or serve? and (2) Where are the intellectual-emotional disturbances for students in this course? I believe that both student and teacher must CO-DISCOVER these passions and disturbances, for it is within the RHYTHM of such passions, such disturbances that we connect as student and teacher. Indeed, it is within this rhythm that EDUCATION is fostered. Thus, I need but to ask: Shall WE get to that rhythm?

Come to class, learn stuff, learn how to learn stuff, learn how to unlearn stuff, want to know more stuff than can be learned during the semester, develop the tools/discipline to continue learning stuff for a lifetime.................. LET'S WORK TO ENJOY THIS. IMANI